Africa in the 21st century
Subtitle: toward a new future
By: edited by Ama Mazama
Contributors: Mazama, Ama, 1961-
Series: African studies: history, politics, economics, and culture; African studies (Routledge (Firm))
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780415957731
Subjects: Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Africa -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century; Africa -- Forecasting
Other titles: Africa in the twenty-first century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: List of tables; title: Foreword / Cheikh Tidiane Gadio; title: Preface / Ama Mazama; title: African unity and consciousness: assets and challenges; title: The resurgence of the African world in the 21st century / Molefi Kete Asante; title: Kwame Nkrumah's continental Africa: a dream deferred but not forgotten / John K. Marah; title: The philosophical challenges for Africans in the 21st century / Daryl Zizwe Poe; title: Neo-pan-Africanism and presidents William Clinton and George W. Bush's images in the Nigerian press / Minabere Ibelema; title: Language, information, and education; title: African betrayals and African recovery for a new future / Molefi Kete Asante; title: The legacy of colonialism on language in 21st century Africa / Adisa A. Alkebulan; title: Thinking and responding to difference: pedagogical challenges for African education / George Sefa Dei; title: African women, children, and families; title: African women: re-centering the issues in the 21st century / Filomina Steady; title: African mothers: a case study of northern Ghanaian women / Nah Dove; title: Political and economic future of the African world; title: Stuffing old wine in new bottles: the case of the Africa Union / Kwame Akonor; title: Globalization, development, and the nation state in Africa / Herbert W. Vilakazi; title: NEPAD and the politics of globalization: redefining local space, group dynamics, and economic development / Emmanuel Ngwainmbi; title: On governance, personal and military power in post-independent Africa / Peta Ikambana; title: African reparations: dealing with a unique and unprecedented debt / Ronald Walters; title: Contributor bios; title: Index